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Berzo Demo: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Brescia, Lombardia. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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Berzo Demo, a hillside village in Val Camonica

Above the river Oglio, on the slopes of middle Val Camonica, Berzo Demo is a mountain municipality made up of several settlements, with stone houses, terraced meadows and woods climbing towards the peaks. The valley floor is the route north to Edolo and south to Lake Iseo and Brescia. For many services people go down to the larger towns in the valley.

Buying in Berzo Demo means taking altitude and climate into account: climate zone F brings long, cold winters, so insulation, windows and heating weigh heavily on running costs. Houses in the old settlements are often packed together on several floors, with narrow access. On the slopes of an Alpine valley, the report checks the gradient, elevation and official landslide maps at the address, and the flood maps near streams.

The population is shrinking and ageing. According to Istat, the national statistics office, there were 1,482 residents in 2023, down 13.8% on 2011. The average age is 50.6, against 45.4 for the province of Brescia, and over-65s make up 28.8%. Foreign residents are few, at 1.8%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average. No bus or train stops are recorded in the municipality.

Berzo Demo is in seismic zone 3, like 153 of the 205 municipalities in the province of Brescia, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.060 g, a low value. For a stone house, the soundness of the roof and walls matters most.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps for the whole municipality.

Key points

  • Hillside municipality in middle Val Camonica.
  • Population down 13.8% since 2011.
  • Average age 50.6, over-65s at 28.8%.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.060 g.

Overview

Berzo Demo is a municipality in the province of Brescia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,482 residents, ranked 160 of 205 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Berzo Demo is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (153 of 205) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.060 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

Even in zone 3, seismic standards apply to new buildings: for an older building, ask about the design year and any structural work.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 13.8%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (45). 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 1.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Berzo Demo declared an average taxable income of 23,715 euros, below the provincial average (26,155 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Berzo Demo is in climate zone F, with 3,332 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 785 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Berzo Demo has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 healthcare facility.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

The open timetables available for the area do not list any stops within the territory of Berzo Demo.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 5.3% of the land in Berzo Demo, compared with 10.5% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Berzo Demo is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Lombardia in 2023. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.

Official databases list one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Berzo Demo, and one more has been cleaned up or closed. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Berzo Demo: the report checks the address against the ISPRA maps.

House prices

The Revenue Agency's price ranges per square metre (OMI) apply to zones, not to whole municipalities: the report gives the range for the address's zone.

Land registry

The cadastral maps for Berzo Demo are public: from the address the report finds the sheet and parcel number.

Liveability area by area

The Vicinalia liveability index runs from 0 to 100 and looks at the place, not the people who live there: services within walking distance, transport, green space, natural hazards, air, quiet, buildings and connection. Here it is worked out at the centre of each of the 11 inhabited census areas in Berzo Demo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 68 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 1.8%
  • fair 4.1%
  • good 94.2%

Vicinalia index by census area, licence CC BY-SA 4.0. Data: IdroGEO ISPRA (2026), Istat, INGV, EEA, AGCOM, Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.

The colour is the value at the centre of the area. For an exact address, search for it above: the free check looks at that exact point. How the index is worked out

Data sources

ISTAT code 017016. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.